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Jack Hittinger is the sports editor of the Bemidji Pioneer. He is also the Bemidji State beat writer. He hails from the Great State of Michigan. Read his Bemidji State blog at http://thebeaverblog.areavoices.com/ and follow him on Twitter at @Jackhitts.

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BEMIDJI -- With six power play chances in the first 40 minutes of Saturday night's game, the Bemidji State men's hockey team was getting frustrated: Six opportunities and no goals. Gerry Fitzgerald's celebration after finally scoring on his team's seventh try was telling. "We had a lot and it was frustrating not scoring," Fitzgerald said. "But we had good puck movement and we knew if we just kept shooting the puck we would get one eventually.

BEMIDJI -- It felt a little like "deja vu" for the Bemidji State women's hockey team Saturday. Like Friday night's game at the Sanford Center -- a 3-2 Minnesota win -- the Beavers scored first Saturday. And also like Friday's game, the Gophers took a second-period lead and forced the Beavers to play catch-up. The only difference Saturday was the scoreline. The Beavers once again battled back -- this time from a 3-1 deficit -- to make the game interesting, but the Gophers proved to be too much and won 4-2 in the regular-season finale for both teams. "It was kind of like deja vu," said BSU